Alcohol exposure and breast cancer: Results of the women's contraceptive and reproductive experiences study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2106-2116

  McDonald, Jill A ^a,b   Mandel, Michele G ^a   Marchbanks, Polly A ^a   Folger, Suzanne G ^a   Daling, Janet R ^c   Ursin, Giske ^d,e   Simon, Michael S ^f   Bernstein, Leslie ^d   Strom, Brian L ^g   Norman, Sandra A ^g   Malone, Kathleen E ^c   Weiss, Linda K ^f   Burkman, Ronald T ^h   Weber, Anita L ^g   Spirtas, Robert ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h Baystate Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 19944429690     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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